"Global Aging in the 21st Century" is the title of this year's Siciliano Forum to be held at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City on October 28 and October 29. The Forum features researchers from North America, Latin America, Europe and Asia, who will gather to discuss: a) the aging workforce and retirement; b) healthy aging and care, and; c) shifting generational relations. Keynote addresses by Dr. Alexandre Kalache (New York Academy of Medicine, Eileen Crimmins (University of Southern California) and Sara Arber (University of Surrey) will begin at noon in the Dumke Auditorium, Utah Museum of Fine Arts. Symposium sessions will follow on the afternoon of the 28th and the morning of the 29th, closing with a panel discussion from 12:00 to 1:45 on the 29th. All are welcome. More information can be found at:

http://www.csbs.utah.edu/siciliano_forum.html

Keynote Speakers:

FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM: Dr. Sara Arber, Director, Institute Age, Generation and Everyday Life Department of Sociology, University of Surrey 

FROM THE UNITED STATES: Dr. Eileen Crimmins, AARP Chair in Gerontology, Demography of Older Populations, Health and Mortality, and Director of Training, Multidisciplinary Research Training in Gerontology, The USC Davis School of Gerontology

COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL: Dr. Alexandre Kalache, Senior Advisor on Global Ageing, New York Academy of Medicine & Former Director, World Health Organization’s Programme on Ageing and Health